Tractor power take-off



July 21 1942 J. LoRlMoR 2,290,835.

TRACTOR POWER TAKE-OFF I Filed June 22, 1939 s sneet ;sh@e'r 1 Jak/2 ori/7202" ATTOR N EYS July 21, 1942-Y v J. LoRlMoR 2,290,835*

l TRACTOR POWER TAKE-OFF y Filed June 2 2, 1959 3 sheets-Shana mvENToR ATTORNEYS July 2l, 1942.v J. LoRlMoR TRACTOR-POWER TAKE-OFF Filed Jur-1e 19259,l 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 @ag/amy@ Patented July 21, 1942 UNITED STAT TRACTOR POWER TAKE-OFF John Lorimor, Imogene, Iowa, assignr to J. I. Case Company, Racine, Wis., a corporation Application June 22, 1939, Serial No. 280,607

(Cl. 'I4-11) 9 Claims.

This invention relates to a tractor power take' off and has for an object to provide a power take-oli for tractors which will be actuated by the fly-wheel of the motor, which will Operate independently of the conventional tractor clutch,

and which will be controlled by a clutch so` that power may be transmitted from the tractor to a harvesting machine of any type regardless of whether the tractor is traveling or stationary and whereby the motion of the tractor may be controlled without aiecting the operation of the driven machine.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which may be constructed to be apf plied to various types of tractors, regardless of whether the fly-wheel shaft is parallel to the take-olf shaft or is perpendicular thereto.

A further object is to provide ahdevice of this character which will be formed of` a few strong simple and durable parts which will be inexpensive to manufacture and which will not easily get out of order. v ,4

With the above and'other objects in view the invention consistsf'of certain novel detalls of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, it being understood that various modifications may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims without departing-from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. v

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line I-I of Figure showing a John ,g"Figure 5 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of a power take-oil, constructed in accordance with the invention, and applied to a Farmall tractor in which the power take-01T` shaft is parallel to the y-wheel drive shaft.

Referring now to the drawings in which like characters of reference designate similar parts in the various views, I designates a tractor of the John Deere type, in which the take-OIT shaft jects from the rear `end thereof, perpendicular to the driveshaft I2 of the ily-wheel I3 which latter is disposed exteriorly of the left side of the tractor fr'ame as shown in Figures 1 and 2. Ordinarily, the power take-off shaft is declutched from the power when the clutch I4 of the ground wheels I6 and II.i s declutched. I5 and I5 are steering brakes.

In carrying out the invention, the power takeoff shaft II is disconnected fromthe power of the tractor and simply idles in its bearing I8. For connecting this take-01T shaft to the power at all times, in accordance with the invention, as best shown in Figures 2 and 3, a tubular housing I9 is secured to the frame of the tractor through the medium of U-bolts 20, best shown in Figures 1 and 2, and is equipped at the front end with a gear case 2l. A shaft 22 is journaled in ball bearings 23 in the ends of the tubular housing I9 and is equipped at the front end with a bevel gear 24. I

A second bevel gear 25 is provided with a hub 26 which is rotatably mounted in ball bearings 2l carried by the gear case 2| and is provided with an opening 28, best shown in Figure 3, which receives the fly-wheel end of the motor crank shaft 29. Both the hub 26 and the ily-wheel I3 are provided with openings to permit the gear 25 to be rigidly secured to the ily-wheel through the medium of screw bolts 30 passed through the gear hub and into the fly-wheel. The gear 25 meshes with the gear 24 so .that whenever the motor is running the shaft 22 will be rotated.

A clutch housing 3| is secured to the rear end of the tubular housing I9. A stub shaft 32 is journaled at the outer end in abearing 33 on the clutch housing and at the inner end'is pro-- vided with a cylindrical guide finger 34 which enters an axial opening in the shaft 22.

A conventional disc clutch 35 is disposed on the stub shaft 32 and comprises preferably a ily-wheel 36 formed integral with the end of the` y shaft 22, a friction disc 31 splined on the stub shaft 32, a pressure plate 38 normally held by springs 33 against the friction disc to hold the clutch in clutched position. A casing 40 is secured to the fly-wheel 36 and the springs 38'are II extends longitudinally of the tractor and proand receives the dog 46 of a link 4'I which is the sleeve.

pivoted on the lever near the grip 48 and is provided with a handle 49.

It will be seen that, just as in an automobile, the clutch is normally in clutched position so that the stub shaft 32 will be driven continuously when the fiy-wheel I3 of the motor is rotating. To declutch the stub shaft 32 the dog 46 is re'- leased and the lever 43 is moved to shift the collar 42 and rock the fingers 4| to withdraw the pressure plate 38 from the friction disc 31 with resultant compressing of the springs 39 to throw in the clutch when the lever is again released.

A gear 50-is secured to the shaft, preferably through the medium of clutch teeth l engaging similar clutch teeth 52 on a collar 53 which is keyed to the stub shaft 32. A nut 54 on a reduced end 55 of the stub shaft bears against ythe gear and holds the clutch teeth clutched.

A drive chain 56, best shown in Figures '1 and A2, is trained at one end over the gear 50 and at the other end is trained over a gear 51 which is fixedV to the power take-off shaft Il. Thus it will be seen that power from the fly-wheel I3 is transmitted to the bevel gears 25 and 24,

shaft 22, clutch 35, stub shaft 32, gear 5B, chain drive 56,. and gear 51 to the take-oil? shaft Ily so that power is `imparted to the take-off shaft whenever the motor is running. In Figure 5 there is shown a modified form of the invention, adaptable to tractors of the Farmall or similar type in which the power take-off shaft 58 is substantially parallel to the conventional clutch shaft 59 which drives the tractor wheels through well-known expedients not necessary to illustrate. Shaft 59 is driven by the conventional iiywheel 60, through clutch means of well-known or suitable type including a driven member 61)'l engaged with the fly-wheel by suitable or wellknown mechanism.

In applying the invention to a tractor of the above type, an extension sleeve 6l is secured to and is carried on'the conventional clutch casing 62, so that the sleeve rotates when the fiywheel is turning. A driving pinion 63 is fixed to The sleeve is journaled at the outer end in a bearing 64 which is confined in a bearing case 65 which also houses a bearing 66 for the clutch shaft 59.

In further carrying out the invention, I provide a shaft 61 which is disposed in a bearing 68 carried -by a bearing case 69 which is secured to the conventional clutch housing 10. Thisshaft is also provided with a reduced end 1I which is journaled in a bearing 12 carried by a bearing case 13 which is secured to the clutch housing 10. Between both bearings a large gear 14 may be splined on the shaft 61 and may be meshed lor demeshed from the gear 63 through the medium of a collar 15 and yoke 16 which is carried by a snaft 11 which may be manually operated toshift .the gear 14 longitudinally of 'take-oil? shaft 58 will be driven as a unit with the shaft 61, gear 6,4, gear 63, extension sleeve 6 l, and motor fly-wheel 60. When the extension sleeve 80 is declutched from' the member 18, it will remain` stationary while the shaft 61 idles therein and consequently the power take-off shaft 58 will remain stationary. -1

From the above description it is thought that the construction and operationof the invention will be fully understood without further explanation.

It is to be understood that other details of constructionwithin the scope of the appended claims are contemplated, and that the invention is not to be taken as limited to the specific construction disclosed or in any manner except as defined by said claims.

What Iis claimed is:

l. The combination with a tractor having a motor crank shaft, a fly-wheel on the shaft, and a power take-olf shaft extending in a plane parallel to the plane of the crank shaft, of a driven shaft extending in alignment with the power take-off shaft, a clutch including a casing a power take-off shaft extending in the general direction of the crank shaft, of a driven shaft extending in the general direction of the power 'take-01T shaft; a clutch shaft disposed substantially in alignment with the crank shaft, a clutch the shaft 61. The purpose of disconnecting this gear is to prevent the power take-off shaft 58 from being connected to the power.

A clutch member 18 is xed to the shaft 61 and to the friction disc 19 of this clutch, an extension sleeve 80 is xed as shown at 8|. The sleeve surrounds the shaft 61 and is equipped with universal joint-fingers 82 which are secured, as shown at 83, to a flexible plate 84 which carries a hub 85 which is secured by a pin 86 to the conventional power take-oi! shaft A throw-off bearing 81 is slidably mounted on adapted for connecting said clutch shaft to be driven from said y-wheel, extension means surrounding the clutch shaft, means connected for dependent and positive rotation with the yflywheel outwardly of said clutch and connected in driving relation with said extension means, a motion transmitting connectionbetween the driven shaft and the extension means, said extension means being adapted to continuously drive the driven shaft through said motion transmitting connection when the fly-wheel is rotating, and clutch means connecting the driven y shaft with the power take-off shaft.

V3. In a tractor having an engine crank shaft, a fly-wheel on the shaft and a power take-off shaft extending in the general direction of the crank shaft, the combination of a driven shaft extending in the direction of the power take-olf shaft, a clutch shaft disposed substantially in alignment. with the crank shaft, a clutch adapted for connecting said clutch shaft to be driven from said fly-wheel, an extension sleeve surrounding the clutch shaft, means connected for dependent and positive rotation with the iiywheel outwardly of said clutch and connected in driving relation with said extension sleeve, a gear on the extension sleeve and connected to be driven thereby, a gear slidably keyed to said driven shaft and disposed tobe shifted into and out of mesh with the first mentioned gear, and means for so shifting said gear. v

4. In a tractor having an engine crank shaft, a fiy-wheel on the shaft and a power take-off shaft extending iny the general direction of the crank shaft, the combination of a driven shaft extending inthe direction of the power take-off shaft, a clutch lshaft disposed substantially in alignment with the crank shaft, a clutch adapted for connecting said clutch shaft to be driven from said fly-wheel, 'an extension sleeve surrounding the clutch shaft, means connected for dependent and positive rotation with the flywheel outwardly of said clutch and connected in driving relation with said extension sleeve, a gear on the extension sleeve and connected to be driven thereby, a gear slidably keyed to said driven shaft and disposed to be shifted i'nto and out of mesh with the first mentioned gear, and clutch means connecting the driven shaft with the power take-oil shaft.

5. In a tractor having an engine crank shaft, a fly-wheel on the shaft and a power take-oil' shaft extending in the general direction of the crank shaft, the combination of a driven shaft extending in the direction of the powertake-off shaft, a clutch shaft disposed subst'antially in alignment with the crank shaft, a clutch adapted for connecting said clutch shaft to be driven from said fly-wheel, an extension sleeve surrounding the clutch shaft, means connected for dependent and positive rotation withv the fly-wheel outwardly of said clutch and connected in driving in alignment with the crank shaft, a clutch adapted for connecting said clutchshaft to be driven from said fly-wheel, an extension sleeve surrounding the clutch shaft. means connected for dependent and positive rotation with the flywheel outwardly of said clutch and connected in driving relation with said extension sleeve, a

gear on the extension sleeve and connected to be driven thereby, a gear on the driven shaft and connected to be driven thereby, one of said gears being movable into and out of mesh with the other gear, and clutch means connecting the driven shaft with the power take-off shaft.

7. 'I'he combination with a tractor having an i engine crank shaft, -a ily-wheel on the shaft and a power take-on shaft extending in the general direction of the crank shaft, o'f a 'clutch shaft disposed substantially in alignment with the crank shaft,fa clutch adapted for connecting said clutch shaft to be driven from.said flywheel, extension means surrounding the clutch shaft and connected outwardly of said clutch for dependent and positive rotation with the ywheel, and -a disengageable motion transmitting means surrounding the clutch shaft and con- -nected outwardly of said clutch for dependent and positive rotation with the fly-wheel, and a disengageable motion transmitting connection between said extension means and said power take-off shaft, said extension means being adapted to continuously drive the power take-off shaft through said connection when the fly-wheel is rotating and said connection is engaged.

9. In a tractor having an engine, including a fly-wheel, clutch means associated withthe flywheel and including a driven element, a shaft connected for actuation by the driven element and connected f or driving the tractor; said clutch also including a casing connected to be positively rotated by the fly-Wheel, a sleeve inclosing the shaft and connected to be positively rotated by the casing, a pow'er take-oil.' shaft on the tractor and motion transmitting-connections from the sleeve to the power take-off shaft for rotating said power take-off shaft from the fly-wheel independently of the driven element.

. JOHN LORMOR 

